State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,651 Kentucky births in 2000 across 1,165 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kentucky more than they say America.

#66Whitneyoutside the national top 200
#45Brooklyn#177 nationally
#96Gracieoutside the national top 200
#97Makenzie#199 nationally
#87Trenton#179 nationally
#64Dustin#148 nationally
#89Wesley#171 nationally
#70Bethany#151 nationally
#95Chandler#174 nationally
#90Dawson#168 nationally
#95Rebekah#173 nationally
#73Hayley#149 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah563US #2
#2Madison466US #3
#3Emily420US #1
#4Sarah326US #5
#5Alexis319US #6
#6Haley317US #28
#7Taylor281US #10
#8Ashley269US #4
#9Elizabeth245US #9
#10Lauren234US #11
#11Destiny221US #24
#12Megan220US #18
#13Olivia214US #16
#14Kaitlyn208US #30
#15Savannah205US #37
#16Morgan203US #25
#17Kayla194US #13
#18Abigail192US #14
#19Sydney188US #23
#20Alyssa187US #12
#21Brianna187US #15
#22Emma182US #17
#23Samantha178US #7
#24Jessica175US #8
#25Anna165US #22
#26Hailey164US #35
#27Rachel163US #21
#28Courtney161US #59
#29Shelby159US #70
#30Amber153US #47
#31Victoria147US #20
#32Mary145US #46
#33Makayla143US #67
#34Grace138US #19
#35Katelyn136US #54
#36Allison134US #44
#37Jasmine129US #27
#38Mackenzie129US #43
#39Brittany123US #60
#40Breanna116US #80
#41Autumn114US #77
#42Sierra114US #53
#43Kelsey111US #88
#44Rebecca109US #39
#45Brooklyn108US #177
#46Katherine107US #33
#47Natalie99US #34
#48Brooke95US #51
#49Chloe95US #38
#50Kaylee95US #72
#51Bailey94US #68
#52Jordan89US #50
#53Sara88US #57
#54Cheyenne86US #99
#55Madeline85US #56
#56Faith83US #66
#57Amanda82US #32
#58Danielle79US #48
#59Julia77US #29
#60Lindsey74US #103
#61Caitlin73US #76
#62Jenna73US #63
#63Mckenzie72US #133
#64Cassidy70US #107
#65Kennedy70US #139
#66Whitney69
#67Caitlyn67US #118
#68Katie67US #95
#69Alexandria65US #91
#70Bethany65US #151
#71Heather65US #125
#72Caroline64US #65
#73Hayley63US #149
#74Sophia61US #42
#75Erin60US #61
#76Summer60US #145
#77Jennifer59US #26
#78Andrea58US #55
#79Christina58US #73
#80Kimberly58US #58
#81Angel57US #119
#82Kathryn57US #89
#83Laura57US #85
#84Catherine56US #81
#85Leah56US #97
#86Kristen55US #142
#87Maria55US #41
#88Marissa55US #78
#89Molly55US #96
#90Alexandra54US #36
#91Gabrielle54US #49
#92Trinity54US #74
#93Hope53US #146
#94Margaret53US #110
#95Rebekah53US #173
#96Gracie52
#97Makenzie52US #199
#98Chelsea51US #140
#99Audrey50US #115
#100Skylar50US #135

Boys

#1Jacob806US #1
#2William509US #11
#3Austin500US #23
#4James475US #18
#5Michael468US #2
#6Matthew437US #3
#7Zachary428US #15
#8Joshua422US #4
#9Christopher396US #5
#10Tyler383US #10
#11John340US #14
#12Nicholas337US #6
#13Ethan336US #25
#14Cameron333US #31
#15Andrew322US #7
#16Dylan322US #24
#17Brandon319US #12
#18Hunter287US #35
#19Joseph287US #8
#20David268US #16
#21Noah267US #27
#22Justin260US #19
#23Logan258US #40
#24Caleb233US #38
#25Ryan233US #13
#26Christian231US #22
#27Jordan229US #36
#28Robert217US #29
#29Benjamin214US #26
#30Dalton213US #91
#31Nathan210US #30
#32Samuel210US #28
#33Jonathan196US #21
#34Daniel193US #9
#35Dakota186US #88
#36Thomas185US #33
#37Alexander184US #20
#38Charles180US #51
#39Anthony176US #17
#40Cody175US #60
#41Seth174US #63
#42Aaron165US #41
#43Elijah148US #52
#44Timothy147US #58
#45Jackson140US #72
#46Trevor140US #75
#47Nathaniel138US #61
#48Kyle134US #37
#49Chase130US #77
#50Jared129US #56
#51Mason129US #64
#52Jason126US #39
#53Evan121US #55
#54Luke121US #59
#55Steven120US #54
#56Devin116US #69
#57Isaac116US #53
#58Adam113US #45
#59Blake110US #80
#60Garrett110US #74
#61Isaiah107US #47
#62Tanner105US #93
#63Bryce97US #92
#64Dustin94US #148
#65Lucas92US #83
#66Kevin88US #32
#67Shawn87US #135
#68Eric86US #42
#69Alex85US #62
#70Connor84US #50
#71Bradley82US #131
#72Brian81US #43
#73Gabriel81US #44
#74Gavin79US #85
#75Stephen78US #95
#76Clayton77US #151
#77Kenneth77US #94
#78Sean77US #57
#79Colton74US #111
#80Richard73US #65
#81Jesse72US #90
#82Travis71US #115
#83Cole70US #71
#84Jeffrey70US #104
#85Jeremy70US #84
#86Patrick70US #68
#87Trenton70US #179
#88Corey69US #149
#89Wesley66US #171
#90Dawson63US #168
#91Johnathan60US #157
#92Tristan60US #105
#93Jack58US #46
#94Parker57US #127
#95Chandler55US #174
#96Kaleb55US #141
#97Preston55US #142
#98Paul54US #100
#99Taylor54US #136
#100Ian53US #73

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑30Chloe#49
↑26Gabriel#73
↑25Caitlin#61
↑24Hailey#26
↑23Shawn#67
↑22Clayton#76
↑21Madeline#55
↑20Cassidy#64

Falling

↓31Alexandra#90
↓31Tristan#92
↓22Brittany#39
↓18Erin#75
↓18Chelsea#98
↓16Gabrielle#91
↓16Brian#72
↓16Corey#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.